Dim sum is the Cantonese meal of small steamed, fried and baked dishes eaten with tea at yum cha: har gow shrimp dumplings, siu mai, char siu bao and rice noodle rolls; in Hong Kong we have verified places to eat it in Hong Kong. Start with where to eat Dim sum in Hong Kong.
Dim sum · Hong Kong
Dim sum is the Cantonese meal of small steamed, fried and baked dishes eaten with tea at yum cha: har gow shrimp dumplings, siu mai, char siu bao and rice noodle rolls.
Dim sum, which translates as touch the heart, grew out of the yum cha tea houses of Guangzhou; Cantonese dim sum culture developed fast there in the second half of the 19th century and spread south to Hong Kong, and many dim sum chefs moved to Hong Kong during the Chinese Civil War. Lin Heung Tea House, first opened in Guangzhou in 1889, opened its Hong Kong branches in 1926. Tim Ho Wan opened in Mong Kok in 2009 under Mak Kwai-pui, formerly of Lung King Heen, and won a Michelin star within a year.
Where to eat in Hong Kong:
- Tim Ho Wan
- Lin Heung Lau
- T'ang Court
- Tin Lung Heen
- Sun Hing Restaurant
- Yat Tung Heen
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